Wednesday, May 23, 2012

But, as you guys are perfectly aware, the end is just as important as the beginning.

As a reader, it's what you will always remember about the book.

So, I'm going to give you guys a brief description of my book and then I'd like you to answer a quick question for me.

There are no right or wrong answers, it's purely opinion.

Deal?

Maguire's Corner is a contemporary romance set in a small town in NY. The book begins with a murder and car chase and contains multiple crimes, more murder, kidnapping and a steamy romance all through out.

I hope that's enough to go on.

My question is this.

Do you prefer a book that ends at the culmination of an action scene?

Do you prefer a book that ends after the action scene but there is a short wrap up of events and characters? Where everything is explained and tied up in a nice neat bow?

It's already been a help to me since I downloaded it on Kindle for PC on Friday for only $5.00!

Excellent writing guide and I found out what all the Random Acts of Kindness Blitz buzz was about at their website.

I have received two lovely blog awards!

Heather Murphy from Random Interruptions has graced me with the Stylish Blogger Award. If she knew me at all she would realize that I'm far from stylish but it's sweet of her to think I am! Thank you very much for picking me, Heather!

And thanks for having the same name!

Heather's rock!

She not only re-designed The Versatile Blogger and The Kreativ Blogger Award boxes to give them an updated look she wrote a fantastic fantasy story to give them away to her blog buddies! Thank you, Tara! You made my day that much brighter!

Psst...sometime over the weekend I snuck past 300 followers. Thank you and welcome!

Friday, May 18, 2012

I am still trying to get through the First Loves Blogfest list. I'm determined to get further with that list than I did with the A to Z list.

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I received a lovely blog award yesterday from Gossip_Grl. Thank you so much.

I tried not to look it up, I did, but I really wanted to know why Kreativ was spelled that way.

Turns out it's from a blogger from Norway and it was more of a hands on scrap book kind of creative than anything else.

It appears the rules on her blog are different too. I say appears because I don't speak, read or write Norwegian.

But, you guys know me well enough to know that I don't follow rules anyway.

So, I'm just going to say Thank You to Gossip_Grl and leave it at that.

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I'm hoping to get right back into my story this weekend. This week has been very hectic. Doing some 'work for pay' work and hosting a blood drive has kept me from getting the words from the notebook into the laptop. Must make some progress soon before my brain explodes.

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I did get to see The Avengers last weekend.

So. Freakin'. Good.

I won't post a lot of information here for those of you who haven't made it out to see it yet.

I'll just say...go see it.

Go see it.

Go now.

GO!

It was just the right balance of story to action. Great dialogue. Great acting by great actors. Great laughs.

It was everything I expected from Mr. Joss Whedon and yet so much more.

And ... I promise I will have Maguire's Corner completed soon for you to edit.

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Lastly...I failed my big movie moment.

You know how you say you never know how you're going to react to a situation until you're in it?

Well, I had my potential scary movie moment the other morning and ... HUGE FAIL!

I swing open my front door and on my porch, next to StWG, is a glass canning jar. It contains a purplish liquid and whitish objects are suspended in said liquid. There is a note attached to the lid.

What do I do? Do I call my husband to come join me with a weapon? Do I put on my latex gloves? Do I get the camera to photograph the evidence? Do I check the porch for possible assailants? Do I flash the Bat signal?

Nope.

I step out on the porch and pick up the jar.

Okay. So, the jar contained eggs that are pickled in beet juice that a friend made and dropped off for my husband.

Not the point.

It could have been anything. It could have been the prop to lure me out on the porch to my doom!

It could have been covered in forensic evidence that I just tampered with.

And ... there was a real moment when I thought the whitish objects floating in purple suspension were going to slowly spin to reveal they were human eyeballs.

Luckily, that didn't happen or I might still be scrubbing beet juice from my porch.

Guess I would be the one in the film that you're all throwing popcorn at and saying, "She deserved to get slaughtered! She didn't even look to see if the psycho-killer was on the porch!"

Amateur.

So, how are things with you? Want to thank anyone? Randomly? Change your mind about your Firsts after reading another list?

Monday, May 14, 2012

The first movie that I fell in love with was the 1992 film The
Last of the Mohicans.

I mean, I did love lots of other movies before that, cause I’m
old, but, this is the first one I left the theater, bought another ticket, and
went right back in for.

And, it wasn’t just Daniel Day-Lewis and his hard to hide
Irish accent that hooked me.

It was the whole package. The scenery. The soundtrack. The
romances. The epic-ness. It’s what a lot of movies strive for but most can’t
achieve.

Music:

I’m a lucky girl when it comes to music. Growing up we
listened to everything across the board. Really. Listened, played and sang. To
this day, in my own home, we listen to music of all genres. To pick a specific
song or a band as my first love? Not easy. If I think back to the first music
that I played repetitively on my own it would be my Aunt’s hand-me-down, cause
I’m not that old, 45’s of The Beatles. After that probably my parent’s cassette
tapes of Queen.

Book:

Books. Love them. I truly do. I don’t often re-read them
which is odd because I do watch the same movies over and over again. One book
that I have read more than once and will read again…Jurassic Park by Michael
Crichton. Ignore the movie. Read the book. It’s a thrill ride. Just thinking
about it makes me want to read it again. Makes me miss Mr. Crichton too.

Person:

This one…easy. I thought I had loved others…until I met my
husband, Chris.

15 years together in July. 11 years married in July. I can’t
believe it took me so long to find him but now I can’t imagine a day without
him.

Friday, May 11, 2012

Procrastination...the fact that I will do just about anything instead of finishing the biggest scene in the whole stupid book!

I need to get mad at it.I need to smack it around some. I need it to dare me to NOT finish it.Then I'll rip those pages up!

I need some more coffee.

I'll finish. Not to worry. I'm not letting this opportunity pass me by. In just a few days I could have two, count them, two unpublished books!

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Did I mention tomorrow is my blogversary? 2 years. 323 posts. Just shy of 300 friends.

The stats page is like written in Latin for me but I think it says that a reasonable amount of people have come to visit.

It may even say that my most popular post was from last year's Blogging from A to Z Challenge. Yep, you may have guessed it. C is for Chocolate. I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with the blog, just a lucky search topic. :)

I'd like to thank you guys for sticking it out with me. I'm not always on the ball, I'm not always nice, I'm not always dressed, but you've all hung in there and had my back.

In other big news...I am still writing. I am very happy with my progress and I hope to have my major big incredible ending written very soon. Let's cross those fingers or toes or whatever it is you prefer to cross.

Monday, May 7, 2012

So, the developers/creators/MEGA-MINDS behind the April Blogging from A to Z Challenge are asking all of us to reflect on last month. To give them our perspective on the challenge.

Here's my take.

I had a freakin' blast.

Sure, I had some doubts about the letters and whether I was gonna come up with anything for all 26 days. It wasn't easy.

It also wasn't rocket science. I was hanging out with a gnome for goodness sake.

Pros: Stormy is just funny.

Cons: Stormy became a permanent fixture in my life. I had to make sure I brought him and the camera every where I went. Just in case.

Pros: Posting pictures each day was a lot easier than writing. I mean, his face did most of the talking.

Cons: Posting pictures each day was a lot easier than writing. Which kept it from actually being a challenge. I do think next year I will pick a theme that doesn't rely so heavily on photos.

Pros: Stormy has all kinds of new fans, and not just on the blog. Every where I went people wanted to know what I was doing with a gnome.

Cons: I hate talking to people. I tried to be as covert as I could but sometimes its just not possible. You pull a gnome out of your bag and set him somewhere for a photo shoot...people want to know what the hell you're doing.

To sum it all up:I'm glad I did it, just as I was last year.I'm thankful so many people came to visit me, old and new.I'm happy I convinced my MOM to do it. I think she had fun.I'm thrilled I found so many new and interesting blogs.AND...I'm amazed at what some of my wonderful blog friends came up with to surprise us each day.

A giant THANK YOU to our wonderful hosts for all the hard work and long hours they put in on the challenge.

But...keep a weather eye on the horizon...you never know when someone might come out for a visit.

Friday, May 4, 2012

Maggie tried not to express her complete
surprise or disappointment. After the way he kissed her, when they had arrived,
she was sure Jack would at least try to convince her why it was best to sleep
together. There was only one bed. Share body heat. Save tiny kittens from a horrible fate.

“Sleep on that couch? You don’t
even fit on the couch, sitting.”

“I’ll be fine,” he said, walking
around the counter.

“I don’t know if you’re being stubborn
or chivalrous.”

“You would be familiar with the
stubborn part.”

“What was that for? Oh, wait. Is
this because you shared some personal stuff with me so now you’re trying to put
some emotional distance back between us so you won’t feel all vulnerable and
unmanly?”

Jack crossed his arms over his
chest. “What?”

She stood and moved between him
and the bed. “That’s fine. We can do that. If you need me, I’ll be in the large
comfortable bed over there. Here’s one piece of crucial information before I
go. I’ll be sleeping in the nude.”

Maggie slowly pulled the t-shirt
up over her head and then tossed it at Jack, who never even lifted his hands to
catch it. Gracefully, she turned on her naked heel and strolled to the bed.

2017. Done.

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